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one-to-one business coaching. This approach is designed for business owners
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business leaders to cover areas such as structure, marketing, finances,
sales and more. Great for start-ups, micro businesses and business owners
who prefer a group approach.

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and learn a variety of topics such as increasing profits and staff management.
After each session you’ll immediately be able to build a better business.

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Learn ways to bring your vision and plans to life with your team by your
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Power Your Profits

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Action Victoria are conducting Business Workshops across Eastern Melbourne!
We are making this year the biggest one yet. Offering business owners the
chance to connect with other leaders, meet experts who have created real
results for businesses and learn simple and effective techniques to power
up the profits in your business straight away. Book your FREE SEATS now!

Video Coaching Series

Taking it One Week At A Time

We are launching a brand new YouTube business coaching series called One
Week At A Time, presented by our very own Brett Burden! Each week Brett
will share his top tips and any recurring themes taken directly from his
experiences coaching business owners.

Our Clients

Get to know us better by hearing what some of our clients have to say
about us.
We have experienced many successes from coaching hundreds of clients over
the years, here are just some of their stories.

Action Victoria Business Coaching Melbourne

Build a Better Business
Build a Better Life

At Action Victoria, we have a group of highly experienced business coaches
ready to assist business owners of small to medium sized enterprises. This
multiple award winning team situated in Melbourne, comprises of Keith Collins,
Brett Burden, Michael Rady and Tim Morgan. They have over 40 years of accumulated
business coaching experience and an impressive client list.

In addition to many years of coaching business leaders, our coaching team
have a variety of solid business experience ranging from managing and running
businesses of their own to building steady sales growth. Our wealth of
knowledge will provide you with the very best in today’s business practices.
We have successfully assisted businesses across an array of industries
and sectors including trade services, retail, engineering, corporations
and manufacturing.

Action Victoria understands how businesses operate differently and each
has its own set of challenges, that’s why we can tailor our coaching services
to meet the needs within your current business environment. Areas we work
with business owners on include to start-up a business, set succession
planning in motion, address financial issues, manage a sustainable growth
plan and absolutely everything in-between.

Regardless of your situation, we can help you find a way to the life you
had in mind. Our coaching services can help you get the results you need,
whether it be through specialised workshops or longer term business coaching.

Action Victoria Melbourne Business Coaches are ready when you are, to
build a better business and build a better life.

Action Victoria understands how businesses operate differently and each
has its own set of challenges, that’s why we can tailor our coaching services
to meet the needs within your current business environment. Areas we work
with business owners on include to start-up a business, set succession
planning in motion, address financial issues, manage a sustainable growth
plan and absolutely everything in-between.

Regardless of your situation, we can help you find a way to the life you
had in mind. Our coaching services can help you get the results you need,
whether it be through specialised workshops or longer term business coaching.

Action Victoria Melbourne Business Coaches are ready when you are, to
build a better business and build a better life.

This week in Articles - Catching Spider Monkeys

This is a story about catching one of the cleverest, cunning, and elusive
creatures in the jungle. These creatures were the spider monkeys of South
America. They lived high up in the trees and were virtually impossible
to catch. As the fable goes, the hunters had terrible problems trying to
catch them, until one day they came up with a plan. They found several
heavy containers, made a hole no bigger than the arm of the monkey into
each, and placed them on the jungle floor. Inside, they put a nut. The
monkeys then descended from the trees, saw the nuts in the containers.
Once they grabbed the nut at the bottom of the container, their fists were
too large to come out of the opening. And the container too heavy for them
to carry, so instead of letting go of the nut, they just sat there. The
hunters would come back the following day and simply pick them up and throw
them in the bag. Freedom was just a matter letting go of the nut.

Our minds are much like spider monkeys. Clever. Decisive. Stubborn at
times. Always checking, analysing and questioning. And more often than
not, when our minds are made up, we can refuse to let go of a notion (or
a nut) causing us to feel trapped, stuck or even disempowered.

Monkeys have choices. And we do too.

It’s pretty easy to say that all the spider monkeys had to do was to
let go of the nutand run back up the tree. What if the nut was a
new 3 year contract paying seven figures? Would you still hold onto the
nut? Maybe. What if that seven figure contract meant your family could
upgrade both cars, employ a nanny, send the kids to elite schools and buy
several investment properties? It would be difficult to find a person who
wouldn’t want this nut. The trap of course, is that this contract takes
up 80% of your personal time including weekends. Is the sacrifice worth
it?

The mind is an instrument that can justify just about any decision that
fits into a world view and supports inner motivations. Motivations are
powerful drivers in making up minds. They can support choices that can
help us grow as people and they can also support choices that can hold
us back. In the story of the spider monkeys, the monkeys were afraid of
missing out on eating the nuts. And it wasn’t the nut, but the fear of
losing the nut that held the monkeys captive. The mind latches onto many
different devices in order to make a decision and fears can often creep
in and be the basis of choices. The most common fears found in everyday
life are the fears of poverty, criticism, illness, relationships breaking
up, ageing, and even dying (Hill 2003, p262). Holding onto something which
may or may not eventuate because of fear, can consume the mind and take
the focus away from making choices (and finding choices to make). Being
stuck or feeling stuck occurs when a person isn’t
awarethat they can change a situation by making a different choice.
And the same can be said when leading a business.

Beliefs shape behaviours and outcomes

When a Business Leader finds problems in their business they often look
outward for the reason why something has gone wrong. The business may be
undergoing a seasonal quiet period, the staff may all be new and require
training (or retraining), the holiday season may not have attracted the
high volumes of customers. As the situation worsens the Business Leader
tries to make sense it by perhaps asking a spiral of questions. Should
I change my products? Should I change my staff? Are my products priced
competitively enough? Should I sell my business now or wait? These
are valid questions. Decisions and choices are constantly being made throughout
each day of running a business.

Turning around a business does require business knowledge and nouse, and it also requires a strong mental position from its leader. This type of leader is one who is aware of their personal constraints, who knows that the business is, in part, a reflection of who they are and what they personally stand for. In small to medium sized businesses the Business Leader is the highest point of major decision making so how that person thinks matters. A lot. Finding which nuts (mental beliefs and styles) we are holding onto is almost as equally as important as finding which parts of the business needs improving.

Shifting mental positions takes courage, and the ability to see that leaders can be a source of constraint is an invaluable step toward driving the business into the future. Thinking differently about a business could mean the difference between a five figure profit margin or six figure profit margin.

Ever wondered how you could work less, get paid more and have regular
breaks? Take small steps to a greater future with Action Victoria Business
Coaching. We can show you how to reinvent your business and reinvigorate
your lease on life. Action Victoria Business Coaches can help you build
a better business and build a better life.